The Badass Saved Everyone's Ass

Chapter 13: "Ew. Boys have cooties you know."

It's October ninth. We've been living here for a week. I haven't had sex with Axel once but they the way he's looking at me with this room full of people, I can tell that's about to change.
If he found out I was wearing a thong he'd probably take me into our room and fuck me till I scream his name.
It's Charley's birthday. Ryan, her fiancé, isn't here at her party. They don't live with each other and they aren't going to until they marry. A lot of the neighbors have kids and they're here and there's like fifty houses here so the living room is packed. Charley's party is at me and Axel's house and everyone is dressed up. I'm wearing a skintight red dress and my hair is down but the dress is short and I have on black heels. Charley has on a white shirt dress and her hair is done and her lipstick is done and she hasn't seen Ryan since we left and the bastard lives in Durango but he isn't here.
I see the look on Charley's face, the broken look. Me and Scout and Abigail exchange a look. We know how Charles is.
I see a tear slip out of her eye, and Mom notices immediately.
"Charley?" She asks. Everyone gets silent.
"He said he was gonna be here."
He is staying at the fucking inn just down the path.
I see eyes flickering to me.
"Do you know his room number?" I ask gently.
"It's nine." She says.
"Well..." I hesitate. "I'm going out."
"Are you gonna kill him? Zoey, no, it's okay!"
"I'm not going to kill him." I wave her off. "I just have to get something..."
I walk into me and Axel's room.
"Axel! Do something! You are the only one she listens to!" Charley panics.
"Baby, come on." Axel says when I walk out of our room. I stuffed my knife in my bra and put my gun against my leg with a hair tie holding it there.
"I won't kill him." I say.
"Zoey, baby, just-"
"Axel." I say, my voice menacing. "I won't kill him."
"Let me talk to him." He says.
I stand with my hand on the doorknob.
"Baby, I have to." I insist.
"Why?"
I bite my lip. "I love you honey but I scare him more than you do."
He bites his lip. "You scare everyone." He says.
"Exactly."
"Wait." He grabs my hand. "Are you armed?"
"No." I lie.
He narrows his eyes. "Zoey," I turn and run out the door, running down the path towards the store, walking right into the hotel.
"I need into room nine." I tell Tony, who owns and runs the place. He sighs.
"I'm technically not allowed, but for you Zoey, go ahead."
I grin and walk down the hall to room nine. I knock loudly on the door with no reply. I knock again, and again, and then I pull out my knife and pick the lock. This hotel doesn't have the card. It has a key hole.
I open the door and walk in.
He's in bed, naked with a girl.
I pull my gun out and cock it.
"Yo!" I holler. "Wake up!"
Both of them do, and I see panic pass through them when they see me with a gun. "Up!" I yell. They gets quickly. "Let's go. You have a party to be. You're coming with him, whore. You're going to tell your fiancé what you did."
"Zoey-"
"How long has this been going on?" I demand, prodding him with the tip of my gun.
"A month." He mutters. I shake my head angrily. "I can't tell her-"
"If you don't I promise I'll break your wrist. You're both coming to the party. Let's go. NOW!"
They walk in front of me. I walk behind them with my gun pointed at them.
"Whore, you're going to answer any questions Charley asks." I say. "Thanks Tony." I wave. He smirks and rolls his eyes. I follow them down the road and I make Ryan open the door to the house. I slam it behind me.
"Zoey." Ryan tries.
"Do what I said or I'll keep my promise." I warn.
"You won't do it." He says.
"Zoey," Charley whispers. I hand my gun to the whore.
"Pull the trigger and I end your life." I threaten. She gulps. I grab Ryan's wrist.
"One." I warn. He rolls his eyes. "Two." He sighs. "Thr-"
"Okay!" He winces. "I've been cheating on you with Kelly for a month." He says.
Charley stares at him.
"What?" She asks. She looks heartbroken, and then silently, she hands him with ring. "Do it Zoey."
I snap his wrist and then clamp my hand over his mouth when he howls in pain.
"Charley, please, I love you. I'm sorry!"
I snatch my gun from the whore.
"Do whatever Zoey." Charley says. "Ryan, I can't believe you! I never wanna see you again! Hurt him Zoey! Please! And hurt her, too!"
"Don't condone it!" Mom says.
"Don't, please don't!" I punch the bitch in the face and I know I broke her nose. It starts gushing in blood.
"Look, I'm sorry Charley. I'm in love with you. I fucked up. Please forgive me!" Ryan says. I break his nose too.
I grab his wrist, his bad one.
"Let me show you something." I drag him down to my study. Everyone follows. "Do you see these?" I ask, digging my knife from my bra and picking the lock with all my weapons. "See this?" I point to my machete. "Do you know what I can do to you with this?" He gulps. "I can assure you, it won't be pretty. Get your cheating ass out of my house before you lose your penis." He runs out. "You too, whore." I say to the girl. She scrambles off and I follow them after locking up my cabinet again and I stand outside and watch them run towards the hotel. Five minutes later, they run off, towards the cars.
I stand there until they're out of sight, and then I go back in the house.
"Thank you Zoey." Charley says. "Now put the gun away." She smiles.
"Wait." One of the guys say. He's our neighbors son. He's twenty one and his name is David. "I wanna see how good you are. I've seen you on the TV but I wanna see some real life shit."
"Okay." I narrow my eyes.
"So me and my friend are gonna come at you. No weapons."
I suck air in through my teeth and hand my gun to Axel.
"No weapons." Axel says.
"I don't have any." I lie. He snickers and sticks his hand down my dress and grabs my knife. He turns to David and his friend Daniel.
"She didn't keep it to use it on you, she kept it because she's paranoid."
"You need to change." Daniel says.
I raise my eyebrows. "You want the real shit." I snicker. "Alright." I walk off.
"Put on old Zoey clothes. I want this to be real." David says.
I shut the door to me and Axel's room and take off my dress and put on black skinny jeans, a gray tank top and my leather jacket. I pull on my gloves and boots and walk out of the room.
"Even the way you dress is intimidating." Daniel says.
"If you want it to be real I need to be armed." I say. They both seem to hesitate. "I won't kill you or cut you."
"Don't break my nose." David says.
"I won't." I say. I take my gun from Axel's hand and put it in the waste and of my jeans, and put my knife in my boot. Axel and Dillon move the coffee table.
"What do we do?" David asks.
"Try and hurt me."
David whispers something to Daniel. Daniel grabs me from behind. I pull his body over mine and he lands at my feet.
"I wanna be armed." Daniel whines. "You get to be armed. Why can't we really try and hurt you?" I pull him to his feet.
"You wanna actually try?" I smirk.
He opens his mouth to answer and then four burly eyes walk in the room.
I see Abigail tense completely and then burst into hysterics.
"Abby, Abby, Abby." One of the men shakes his head. It's kind of funny. Abby immediately moves behind me and puts her hands on my shoulders. "You left him to be happy with your dear big brother." He tusks and shakes his head. "Everyone move. Anyone that tries to stop us from reaching Abby will die a very painful death." He draws a gun. "Move to the dining room." He orders.
"Go Zoey." Abigail sniffles.
I ignore her and cross my arms.
The four huge guys look me up and down. "Wait you're Zoey Vagner." One of them looks weary.
"You're testing rough waters, buttercup." I hiss menacingly.
"I won't leave." He says.
"Then I'll have to remove you." I draw my gun.
The four guys exchange a look and turn for the door. I shoot forward and block the way.
"We're leaving!" The main guy says, putting his hands up in defense.
"If you come back for her and send anyone else I'll kill everyone you know." I hiss. "That goes for all of you." They gulp.
"You don't scare me." The main guy says. I take a step closer, pulling my gun out and pressing the head of my gun to his chest.
"Are you sure about that?" I hiss, our faces inches apart. He winces.
"I'm just kidding." He whispers. "Don't hurt me. I'm sorry." I smirk and take a step back, opening the door. As the main guy walks out, I snap his wrist. "That's just a warning, buttercup." I say. They walk off and I stand at the door until I can't see them anymore, and then I shut the door and put my gun away.
"Are you really gonna kill their families?" Abigail asks. I shake my head.
"No, but they don't know that." I say. "Now, enough of-"
Arms wrap around my waist from behind and David swings at me. I pull Daniel over me at the same time that Davis swings and Daniel gets David's fist in the balls. He howls in pain and his back hits the floor. He rolls around on the ground and I stand there, cringing.
"Sorry..." I say, blushing.
Everyone starts laughing. I go into Axel and I's room and put my dress back on and my heels. I walk into the living room.
"How the fuck did you do that?" Daniel is still on the ground.
"Um...do you need some ice?" I ask shyly, playing with a piece of my hair. "You know...for your balls?"
Everyone starts laughing again.
"No." He grunts, standing up. He presses play on the stereo and grabs a beer from the fridge. Everyone starts conversing and I distance myself from the crowd, sitting down on the window seat and watching the ducks swim in the river.
My mind begins to wander, and I start to beg myself for a distraction from
The thoughts that I know are coming.
Charley and Ryan were like me and Axel. They were so in love and they would sneak off to fuck at any chance they got. They were engaged and so happy and they would bake together and laugh together and dance together, and then Ryan started fucking that whore.
What happens if Axel gets bored of me?
I sigh and rest my head against the wall.
I need to stop overthinking because I know when I overthink I make myself sick.
Sadly, I can't.
What if he's only in it for my money?
I feel myself starting to get nauseous. I stand up.
"What's wrong?" Scout catches my hand. I frantically shake my head. "Zoey?" She sounds worried. I tug my hand back. "What's wrong?" I clamp my other hand over my mouth and snatch my hand away, slipping into me and Axel's room.
"Something's wrong with Zoey. I think she's gonna puke." Scout says worriedly. I lock the bathroom door and puke up everything in my stomach. I lean against the bowl in silence and sigh slightly before I flush and brush my teeth.
I slide down the wall and sigh. I'm being ridiculous. He loves me. He isn't in it for my money.
I don't want to go back out to the party. I want to be able to wander around the house in my bra and underwear. I've never, ever been able to do that before, and I do it all the time with Axel around.
He isn't in it for the money. I'm such an idiot for getting worked up over that. I get up and unlock the door. I take a deep breath before walking into the living room.
"Did you puke?" Mom asks.
"Yes." I sigh.
"Are you pregnant?"
Axel starts choking on his water.
"No." I say.
"Did you do that thing where you overthink and get yourself so nervous you puke?"
I bite my lip.
"What got you nervous?" Axel asks, taking a deep breath to steady his breathing.
"Nothing." I whisper.
He narrows his eyes "Me."
"No." I shake my head.
"Yes." He walks over to me and puts his hands on my cheeks. "You think because Ryan cheated on Charley, I'm going to do the same thing. That's why you got nervous."
"I'm sorry. It was stupid."
He just hugs me and then everything goes back to normal. We have cake and sing Charley happy birthday. She makes a wish and blows out the candle, and then we all start joking around and everyone is laughing and happy. I'm with Abigail and Scout and it's hilarious because Axel, Dillon, and Kyle are standing together, watching the three of us. Since Scout is with Dillon, he's watching her, and Kyle is watching Abigail because he's with her, and Axel is watching me. He's admiring my ass right now, probably trying to figure out if I'm wearing underwear. I cast a glance at him and our eyes lock. I wink and he licks his lips. I laugh softly and turn back to Daniel going on and on about the time that David dared him to jump off of a hundred foot cliff into the ocean and he broke his legs when he landed.
Eventually, David says, "I'm going home." Daniel and his parents and little sister follows. They live in the brown log house next door. Everyone starts leaving, family included, and the house is empty and silent all the sudden.
Even from here, I can see Kyle kissing Abigail as they cross the second bridge to their house.
I bet Dillon already has Scout naked.
"I haven't had sex with you in while." Axel says. "We've lived here a week." He says. "Are you wearing underwear?"
I smirk and wink at him. "Why don't you come on over here and find out?"
He walks across the living room, grabbing the small of my back and yanking me against him. His lips crash against mine. "I've been thinking about fucking you all day." He mutters against my lips. His lips start trailing down and it's then that I realize the blinds are open and everyone in the neighborhood can see what we're doing right now.
He nips at my collarbone. I let out a soft moan.
"Axel." I groan. "We need to...to close the...ohhhhh god...the blinds, baby."
"Who cares?" His hands start trailing to my ass.
"The blinds." I moan. "Axel." I use all my willpower and push him off of me. He leans against the back of the couch.
"Who cares?" He puts his hands on my hips again, but I force myself to walk out of his grasp and close all the blinds in the living room, kitchen, and dining room, and the one in the hallway with the study. I lock the front door, too. He grabs ahold of me again, and crashes his lips on mine. His hands grab my ass. I pull his shirt off and toss it over my shoulder, his mouth moving against mine still. I trail my hands down his chest to his belt buckle, and without breaking our lips, I undo his jeans and get his jeans off. He kicks them away to God knows where.
"You have too much clothing on." He unzips my dress and let's it fall. "Mm, you are wearing underwear. I don't have a bra on though, just a red lacy thong. I get his boxers down and he takes off my panties, and then I hear someone try to open the door, and then they knock. We pull our lips apart to stare at each other. Everyone has literally been out of our house for five minutes. I bite my lip.
"Don't answer." He says.
The person knocks again.
"Go to the hall!" I whisper.
"You're naked and...hot..." He whines.
"Go!" I whisper shout. He listens but peeks around the corner. I unlock the deadbolt and open the door, hiding behind it.
Fuck. It's Mom and Megan and
Charley.
"Yes?" I ask, slightly breathless.
"I forgot my keys." Mom says.
"Where are they?" I ask.
"Just let me in and I'll get them-"
"That's not a good idea." I say.
She narrows her eyes, noticing I'm breathless. "Zoey," She begins. "Are you naked?"
"Yes." I squeak out.
"And you're breathless, so I'm gonna take a guess and say Axel is naked too." She says.
Charley snickers.
"Why are you guys naked together?"
Megan asks.
Daniel, who is outside, starts roaring in laughter.
"Fuck you, Daniel!" I snap. He moves into sight.
"Enjoy yourselves." He snickers.
"Doing what?" Megan asks.
I tighten my hand on the door and look over my shoulder at Axel, who is smirking.
"I was just about to get in the bath." I explain to Megan.
"So why is Axel naked?"
Axel starts roaring in laughter. I cast a glare at him over my shoulder and flip him the bird.
"Because he was changing." I explain.
"You see him naked? Ew. Boys have cooties you know."
"Zoey I need my keys." Mom says. "I don't know where they are."
"Just give me a second." I sigh. "Cock blocker." I complain. I shut the door and lock it and then rummage around the table until I find her keys. I go back to the door and open it a bit and hand her the keys.
"Anything else?" I don't try to hide the annoyance.
"Use protection." She replies.